Under Siege
“Callie answered it. After exchanging pleasant greetings with whomever was on the other end, she offered the instrument to Jake. “It’s for you.”
“Hello.”
“Captain Grafton, this is Jack Yocke, Washington Post. “Hi.”
“Sorry to bother you at home, but we just got a story from a stringer in South America that perhaps you can help me with. It seems that the U.s. Army sent some people to Colombia and they shot it out with Chano Aldana’s bodyguards and arrested him. Apparently there were some Colombian... police along, but the word we get is that it was a U.s. Army operation all the way.”
“Why do you think I can help you with that story?” Callie was standing there watching him, futilely trying to push her hair back off her forehead. She must really like this jerk, though Jake hadn’t the foggiest idea why. “I’ve been doing some checking,” Yocke said, “since I saw you at Aldana’s arraignment. Apparently you’re the senior officer in the antidrug operations section of the Joint Staff.MoreLess
“Hello.”
“Captain Grafton, this is Jack Yocke, Washington Post. “Hi.”
“Sorry to bother you at home, but we just got a story from a stringer in South America that perhaps you can help me with. It seems that the U.s. Army sent some people to Colombia and they shot it out with Chano Aldana’s bodyguards and arrested him. Apparently there were some Colombian... police along, but the word we get is that it was a U.s. Army operation all the way.”
“Why do you think I can help you with that story?” Callie was standing there watching him, futilely trying to push her hair back off her forehead. She must really like this jerk, though Jake hadn’t the foggiest idea why. “I’ve been doing some checking,” Yocke said, “since I saw you at Aldana’s arraignment. Apparently you’re the senior officer in the antidrug operations section of the Joint Staff.MoreLess
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